Proverbs 17:8-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸ A bribe^(A) seems like a magic stone to its owner;
wherever he turns, he succeeds.^(B)

⁹ Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,^(C)
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.^(D)

¹⁰ A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.